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zooounds
March 13th, 2008, 09:26 AM
Does it work? Can I run games?
Kilz
March 13th, 2008, 10:16 AM
Does it work? Can I run games?

Take a read. (http://tghc.org/winefaq.html) :D
DrMega
March 13th, 2008, 10:19 AM
Give it a try. Some stuff will work, some stuff won't. I've been fairly lucky so far with WINE but there are no guaruntees.
zooounds
March 13th, 2008, 10:51 AM
Take a read. (http://tghc.org/winefaq.html) :D

I asking about using win on 64 bit ubuntu. I run games on my 32 bit Gutsy.
remu
March 13th, 2008, 12:41 PM
Yea you should be able to. I run Gutsy 64bit and I've got WINE up and running with out a problem. It seems to be running the same for me as it does on my 32bit systems.

http://winehq.org/site/download-deb

Have a read there, just follow the instructions for 7.10. It should work, thats how I got mine working.

Hope that helps.
Omnios
March 13th, 2008, 01:43 PM
Hi just a though seeing as most of the software that runs in wine is 32 bit would it be easier to install 32bit wine to run 32bit programs?
Cappy
March 13th, 2008, 04:20 PM
Wine is 32-bit program in a 64-bit package (so that it sets up correctly on a 64-bit system). It cannot run 64-bit Windows programs.

Wine can ONLY run 32-bit Windows programs. Wine on 64-bit Ubuntu runs the same as it does on 32-bit Ubuntu.
Omnios
March 13th, 2008, 04:24 PM
Wine is 32-bit program in a 64-bit package (so that it sets up correctly on a 64-bit system). It cannot run 64-bit Windows programs.

Wine can ONLY run 32-bit Windows programs. Wine on 64-bit Ubuntu runs the same as it does on 32-bit Ubuntu.

Thanks for clarifying that.